Hiking the Wonderland Trail: The Complete Guide to Mount Rainier's Premier Trail Author: Tami Asars | Language: English | ISBN:
B00AZ6B5A8 | Format: PDF
Hiking the Wonderland Trail: The Complete Guide to Mount Rainier's Premier Trail Description
Washington State's famed Wonderland Trail is a spectacular 93-mile route that circumnavigates Mount Rainier, challenging hikers with its strenuous 22,000 feet of cumulative elevation gain and loss. Hiking the Wonderland Trail: The Complete Guide to Mount Rainier's Premier Trail is an authoritative guidebook penned by Washington native Tami Asars, a professional instructor on hiking the trail, a third-generation hiker of the Cascade mountains, and seven-time hiker of the entire Wonderland Trail. In this guide Asars draws on her experience, covering these essentials:
* How to work with the Wonderland Trail permit reservation system, and when to apply
* Recommended gear--with a checklist--and ways to reduce pack weight, prevent blisters, and stay warm and dry
* How to pack the perfect backpack
* Food and fuel caching on the Wonderland, tips and instruction
* Detailed camp-to-camp route descriptions and suggested itineraries
* How to extend your adventures with the Northern Loop Trail and the Eastside Trail
Over the years, Asars has taken extensive notes that she shares at workshops and in the field. Hiking the Wonderland Trail distills her boot-tested knowledge so that everyone can enjoy the magic of Mount Rainier's premier trail.
- File Size: 14866 KB
- Print Length: 256 pages
- Publisher: The Mountaineers Books (October 16, 2012)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00AZ6B5A8
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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- Lending: Enabled
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The Wonderland Trail is justly considered one of the world's best backpacking trips. It has views, challenge, more views, wildlife, flowers, berries, more challenge, and finally, some outstanding views (if it's not raining). While the on-trail challenge is mostly physical and mental, the pre-trip planning has its own challenges. The Wonderland Trail requires navigating a rather complicated system: it's not as simple as just showing up the trailhead and setting out. The permit system alone needs explanation, and the earlier you get your application in, the better your chances. However, where most permits simply require you to know your dates, the Wonderland requires you to request a specific camping area for every night you're on the trail. This means you need to know a) where the campsites are, b) which ones you actually want to stay at, and c) the distance and terrain between them. Since the Wonderland is a somewhat accessible loop, theoretically you can start anywhere - but where to start? And which direction should you travel - clockwise or counterclockwise? Then there's the food caching possibilities. If you don't want to carry all your food for the whole 93 miles in your pack, then you'll need to know the ins and outs of where the caches are, what you can store in them, how to store them, and when you can and can't access them. Oh, and what about the bears? How do you deal with them?
While it's a glorious trail once you're on it, tackling the Wonderland requires a LOT of advance preparation. Thankfully, Tami Asar's book answers all of the above issues, and more. One of the aspects that I found most helpful was the sample itineraries.
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